Non Foods / Do Not Consume

· Aspartame, Nutrisweet, Equal, Saccharine, Sweet & Low, Fructose, Sucrose, High Fructose corn syrup, white or raw sugar, concentrated fruit juice sweeteners.
· White flour, bleached or unbleached. All products containing white flour or sugar.
· Margarine, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, hydrogenated peanut butter, vegetable shortenings, Crisco, commercial mayonnaise, rancid vegetable oils (see Fats and Oils).
· Artificial flavors, artificial colors, preservatives (other then vitamin E and ascorbic acid).
· All processed meats including baloney, salami, hot dogs, most sausages, some smoked meats and fish. (Read label for additives).
· Non-dairy creamers, non-dairy toppings.
· Processed snacks (including those sold at health food stores) such as corn chips, cheese puffs, grain puffs, pork rinds, potato chips, granola bars, bagel chips, and candy bars.
· Processed cheese, cheese food, cheese spread.
· Frozen or boxed or canned foods containing chemical preservatives, additives, colors, flavors, extenders, partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated fats/oils.
· Coffee, decaf, caffeine containing tea, sodas and diet sodas, all brand fruit drinks.
· All gum with or without sugar.

· The above items are not food. They do not count toward daily totals of any essential nutrients. Some are simply empty calories. Others act as toxins and may slowly harm body function or rob nutrient stores. Others have addictive, drug like qualities that destroy body's abilities to digest and absorb essential nutrients.

· Be a label reader. Make sure you are eating is real food. Because a substance is allowed in food does not mean it is safe or nutritious. A GRAS (Generally Recognized A Safe) designation given to a food additive/food stuff means that it has not yet been determined to have caused disease or death. We suggest not taking changes with artificial foods.

· Food means "matter that is alive or has recently been alive". You will find these items around the edges of your supermarket, at produce stands, farmers markets and in your garden.